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wow, flawless-looking simple banners. *takes out magnifying glass*
Now let's see what's wrong with them XD

CON - there's random black lines next to the right side of the 'Dangerous' banner :/
PRO - That swirl/line/whatever around Ivysaur is an awesome effect ^_^ I have that same brush in my Vector brushes set and I had no idea when to use it, so you just gave me some ideas there.

Yoshi Banner
excellent use of the Vector cloud brush. Now I am 100% sure we have the same Vector brush pack xD.
For additional vector, I suggest getting the Urban Vector brushes off of obsidiandawn.com; the downloading takes around one minute but well worth it

Heart of Steel
Just loving the brush placement there ^_^

Banette Halloween Banner
The white light in the lower left corner looks like it was from the Perspective effect; there could've been some white in the upper right corner to balance the banner out, too :/

Zoroark Halloween Banner
Okay, that red left arm of Zoroark does not fit AT ALL :/
What the eraser tool is for, LOL
Anyway, I <3 the brushes used in this one, just really adds to it, and the scanlines texture is great
You MUST tell me the font you used for that one!!!

Thanks, I do hope I can improve some more.
I can't believe Av said that ^^' It's honestly a real honor.

And a well deserved one. You like to stay simple, however that doesn't mean they look plain AT ALL. They look subtly effected, but not overbrushed.
However, take care with borders. I'm not sure if this works in GIMP, but if you use the pencil tool while holing shift, you go in a straight line. And why did you blur the corners in the Nidorino banner?

They're simple because I'm only learning to make banners, I've been going at it for about a month, so it's good to hear that people like them.

I know about the borders, they look fine in GIMP, I make the edges straight by holding shift, but they sometimes look messed up.

With the Nidorino banner, I was just playing around with it, trying out some new things and stuff like that.

Update!

I was in the mood for a Team Rocket Banner

Reminds me how serious they got in Best Wishes >.<
Anyway, the icons are the side are great, did a similar effect in my Team Magma/Aqua banner xD.
The whole banner could've been smaller, and the text could've been placed better :/

Originally Posted by Crimson Darkness

Update!

Request from my shop

Request from another site

Shop Banner OwO

Request from another site

Victini Banner
The image on the right was rendered pretty well, I know it was an image because YOU DO NOT KNOW how many times that same render is used.
THERE'S WAY BETTER VICTINI IMAGES OUT THERE, PEOPLE! SERIOUSLY!
But nice BG ^_^

Shop Banner
I like how there's only one flash of thunder that's white LOL
It makes it really stand out even more
oooooooh, is that the Pokemon font I see? :3

Wear your Fears
one of these days, looking at pink graphics will kill me >.<
But I really like the brush BG you used, looks like a combo of splatter and cobweb-like lines IMO.
The render/image could've been schooched more to the left . . .

Legendary Guardians
That one is a mix of silver and gold, eh? xD
Nice 1px stroke around the text, too ^_^
The only real problem is that the text could've been schooched over to Ho-Oh's side a bit :/

Hypno and Children
LOL, reminds me of my ol' Hypno on SS :3
The 'now you'll stay with me forever' text could've been under 'Little children, you weren't clever'.
Along with that, the focal could've been schooched down a notch, too.

Drifloon
Nice swirly M's there xD
ah, Drifloon . . . bringing memories of Pokemon Ranger 2 :3
Speaking of Drifloon, it could've been moved to the right a little, it's a bit too close to the text
I really like your use of brushes, though ^_^

Blue Avatar
That black border is just . . . meh, it looks out of place, too.
Plus the whole avatar itself could've used pizzaz, think of avatars as mini banners.

Nova Travels
Those . . . bubbles . . . are really messing up the whole thing
A bokeh effect would've looked great in the BG, but over the Pokemon it looks wrong and horrendously messes up the banner

Golurk
I have a Golurk in my B/W team and named it Exorcist :3no, I don't read the manga
Anyway, the only thing that bothers me, and it bothers me A LOT, is the text that's ON the border.
It just looks a bit wrong and . . . misplaced

Victini
Very good use of the Vector Arrow brush, I am also guessing the white bar the text is on is from one of crazykira's brush sets?
. . . Victini could be a moved a little to the right

Flareon
'Tis a pity that Flareon can't learn Flare Blitz >:-(
Some of the red brush you used is cut off